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• Adrianus Augustinus Petrus Klaassen, Eindhoven, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Michael Alan Holzem, Princetown, MN
• Ria Maan († 2009)
• Johanna Bernhardina Stoks, Arnhem, Gelderland, Nederland († 2002)
• Theodorus Johannes Eduardus Arnoldus van de Vorst, Eindhoven († 2002)
• Hilde Londoz, Sint-Truiden, België († 2015)
• Sieneke van Hierden, Kootwijkerbroek, Barneveld, Gelderland, Netherlands († 2012)
• John Albert Subritzki, Kaeo, Whangaroa, NZ († 1999)
• Frederick W. Alpers, Muskegon, Muskegon, Michigan, United States († 2011)
• Christina Joy († 2022)

• "Ferdinand" François Marie Pantaléon Victurnien Costa de Beauregard (87), Perquié, Landes, France
• Anna Timmer (72), Sliedrecht
• Adriana Antonia Bogers (75), Waalwijk, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Ate Oostra (75), Opende, gem. Grootegast, Groningen, Nederland
• Bernardus Johannes de Bruijn (64), Enschede, Overijssel, The Netherlands
• Ate Pieters van der Werff (73), Gorredijk
• Anna Maria Kraus (48), Venlo
• Anna Henrica Looijmans (80), Gilze en Rijen
• Anna Catharina Hendrika Eijsten (79), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Ate Fokkes Oostra (75), Opende

• 1949 » Eppie Bleeker, Dutch speed skater
• 1950 » Maggie MacNeal, Dutch singer
• 1950 » Rex Caldwell, American golfer
• 1951 » Rudolf Finsterer, German rugby player and coach
• 1951 » Toomas Vilosius, Estonian physician and politician, 2nd Minister of Social Affairs of Estonia
• 1952 » Ed Lee, American politician and attorney, 43rd Mayor of San Francisco († 2017)
• 1952 » Jorge Llopart, Spanish race walker
• 1952 » Willem Witteveen, Dutch scholar and politician († 2014)
• 1955 » Jon Butcher, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and freelance multimedia producer
• 1956 » Steve Scott, American runner and coach

• 1931 » Glen Kidston, English pilot and race car driver (b. 1899)
• 1942 » Qemal Stafa, Albanian politician (b. 1920)
• 1947 » Ty LaForest, Canadian-American baseball player (b. 1917)
• 1957 » Leopold Löwenheim, German mathematician and logician (b. 1878)
• 1959 » Carlos Saavedra Lamas, Argentinian academic and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1878)
• 1962 » Ernest Tyldesley, English cricketer (b. 1889)
• 1965 » John Waters, American director and screenwriter (b. 1893)
• 1965 » Nikos Gounaris, Greek tenor and composer (b. 1915)
• 1971 » Violet Jessop, Argentinean-English nurse (b. 1887)
• 1973 » Zekai Özger, Turkish poet and academic (b. 1948)

1. Johannes
2. Jan
3. Cornelis
4. Willem
5. Hendrik
6. Gerrit
7. Robert
8. Peter
9. Pieter
10. Petrus
11. Adrianus
12. Jacobus
13. Dirk
14. John
15. Wilhelmus
16. Gerardus

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Elisabeth
6. Wilhelmina
7. Hendrika
8. Catharina
9. Adriana
10. Yvonne
11. Margaretha
12. Petronella
13. Geertruida
14. Linda
15. Alida
16. Jacoba

• Koningin Juliana (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from September 4, 1948 till April 30, 1980 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from September 2, 1952 to October 13, 1956 the cabinet Drees II, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 10.4 million citizens.
• January 20 » Dwight D. Eisenhower is inaugurated as the 34th President of the United States of America.
• January 31 » A North Sea flood causes over 1,800 deaths in the Netherlands and over 300 in the United Kingdom.
• April 8 » Mau Mau leader Jomo Kenyatta is convicted by British Kenya's rulers.
• July 26 » Arizona Governor John Howard Pyle orders an anti-polygamy law enforcement crackdown on residents of Short Creek, Arizona, which becomes known as the Short Creek raid.
• November 9 » Cambodia gains independence from France.
• December 8 » U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower delivers his "Atoms for Peace" speech, which leads to an American program to supply equipment and information on nuclear power to schools, hospitals, and research institutions around the world.

The temperature on May 5, 1953 was between 8.2 °C and 15.9 °C and averaged 10.9 °C. There was 7.2 hours of sunshine (48%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north.